CME Information

• Learn how to move forward after moral injury
• Examine where we are and where we want to be with sustainability in healthcare
• Explore a surgeon’s journey in quality and safety at a national level
• Examine the habits of advocacy
• Discover advocacy in action from a surgeon who has participated in the process firsthand
• Hear from ACS chapter leaders as they share some of their success stories
• Understand the career path to the corner office from a CEO panel
• Gain insight on the current and future state of ACS from its executive director and CEO

In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as “ineligible companies”, defined below) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf all other authors/contributors, if applicable.

• Ineligible Company: The ACCME defines an “ineligible company” as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients. Providers of clinical services directly to patients are NOT included in this definition.
• Financial Relationships: Relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit.  Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected.
• Conflict of Interest: Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of an ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship.

The ACCME also requires that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation.

John Armstrong - Nothing to disclose

Timothy Babineau - Nothing to disclose

Robin Blackstone - Nothing to disclose

Julie Freischlag - Nothing to disclose

Sunil Geevarghese - Nothing to disclose

Robert Higgins - Nothing to disclose

Haytham Kaafarani - Nothing to disclose

Bert O’Malley - Nothing to disclose

Glenn Steele - Nothing to disclose

Michael Sutherland - Nothing to disclose

Cynthia Talley - Nothing to disclose

Patricia Turner - Nothing to disclose

Selwyn Vickers - Nothing to disclose

Brian Williams - Nothing to disclose

Jorge Zequeira - Nothing to disclose

Michael Sutherland - Nothing to disclose

Kathleen McCann - Nothing to disclose

Brian Frankel - Nothing to disclose

Participants will learn about the tools available to benchmark the value that surgeons bring to the negotiation table with their employer and the importance of obtaining expert professional assistance in those contract negotiations from a panel that includes representatives of Phairify, Resolve, and Health Capital Consultants.

In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as “ineligible companies”, defined below) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf all other authors/contributors, if applicable.

• Ineligible Company: The ACCME defines an “ineligible company” as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients. Providers of clinical services directly to patients are NOT included in this definition.
• Financial Relationships: Relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit.  Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected.
• Conflict of Interest: Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of an ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship.

The ACCME also requires that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation.

Kyle Claussen - Nothing to disclose

Randy Green - Nothing to disclose

Todd Zigrang - Nothing to disclose

Michael Zinner - Nothing to disclose

Patrick Bailey - Nothing to disclose

Michael Sutherland - Nothing to disclose

Patrick Bailey - Nothing to disclose

Christian Shalgian - Nothing to disclose

Participants will learn how to predict and prevent the next tragedy, even if they don’t know where to look. Surgical leaders will discover how to inspire their medical teams to be more productive—and simultaneously prevent their next accident. In the operating room or on the front lines of danger, medical teams and operators face volatile hazards and make life-and-death decisions in dynamic, complex situations. Often as the last line of defense, you will learn techniques to help optimize performance and accomplish operating excellence.

In accordance with the ACCME Accreditation Criteria, the American College of Surgeons must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all financial relationships with any commercial interest (termed by the ACCME as “ineligible companies”, defined below) held in the last 24 months (see below for definitions). Please note that first authors were required to collect and submit disclosure information on behalf all other authors/contributors, if applicable.

• Ineligible Company: The ACCME defines an “ineligible company” as any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services used on or consumed by patients. Providers of clinical services directly to patients are NOT included in this definition.
• Financial Relationships: Relationships in which the individual benefits by receiving a salary, royalty, intellectual property rights, consulting fee, honoraria, ownership interest (e.g., stocks, stock options or other ownership interest, excluding diversified mutual funds), or other financial benefit.  Financial benefits are usually associated with roles such as employment, management position, independent contractor (including contracted research), consulting, speaking and teaching, membership on advisory committees or review panels, board membership, and other activities from which remuneration is received, or expected.
• Conflict of Interest: Circumstances create a conflict of interest when an individual has an opportunity to affect CME content about products or services of an ineligible company with which he/she has a financial relationship.

The ACCME also requires that ACS manage any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. Any conflicts noted below have been managed to our satisfaction. The disclosure information is intended to identify any commercial relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during the educational activity, please report it on the evaluation.

Jim Wetherbee - Nothing to disclose

Michael Sutherland - Nothing to disclose

Kathleen McCann - Nothing to disclose

Brian Frankel - Nothing to disclose